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Polish-born filmmaker who was best known for his work as a cinematographer, though he later had some success as a director. Maté studied at the University of Budapest. His film career began in 1919, after Alexander Korda hired him as an assistant cameraman. He worked in Berlin and Vienna before moving to France in the late 1920s, where he shot several...

Polish director and screenwriter who was a leading figure in the “Polish film school,” a group of highly talented individuals whose works brought international recognition to their country’s post- World War II reality. Wajda became interested in the visual arts when working as assistant to a restorer of old church paintings in Radom, Poland. He studied...

American actress and singer, the “Sweetheart of Second Avenue” in Yiddish theatre in New York City during the 1920s and ’30s, who was known for her impish charm and comedic talents, notably in such productions as Yankele, Raizele, Oy, iz dos a meydl! (“Oh, what a girl!”), and Hello Molly. A child star, Picon first appeared in vaudeville (1904) before...